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PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS WHICH CAN BE
CONTROLLED BY BYE-LAWS AND
REGULATIONS.
The following premises and occupations have been kept
under constant inspection throughout the year, and action
taken where found to be necessary:—
Fried Fish Vendors.
Milk Vendors.
Ice Cream Vendors.
Slaughterhouses.
Full particulars and remarks regarding these premises are
to be found in another part of the report.
With regard to Ice Cream Vendors, I am of opinion that it
should be compulsory for all persons to register themselves
with the Local Authority before being allowed to manufacture
or sell this commodity. The Local Authority should be
empowered to refuse such registration should the person or
premises be unsuitable for this purpose.
In the Spring an inspection was made of all the Ice Cream
Vendors in the Borough. The premises, in the majority of
cases, were found to be satisfactory, but in some cases it was
necessary for action to be taken regarding their condition.
Many premises are not suitable for the handling of so
easily contaminated a food as ice cream, and there is often a
lack of personal cleanliness about the Vendors.
In a few cases the premises are used for making the cream
only, it being sold from barrows in the street, but generally
speaking it is sold at the premises at which it is made.
The selling of this commodity from barrows is, in my
opinion, very undesirable as the accommodation provided for
the washing of the utensils used (glasses, wafer frames, &c.) is
very inadequate and unsatisfactory.